Upgrading Direct to Managed

When you outgrow Direct mode and need centralized management, you can migrate to Managed mode.

The machine must be joined to exactly one Direct network. Leave extras first (tunnet leave --network <name>), or reset and re-join a single network.

tunnet upgrade-to-managed \
  --control-url http://your-control-host:8080 \
  --token YOUR_ENROLLMENT_TOKEN

This registers the existing machine with the control plane, preserving its identity. The machine transitions from using the iroh-docs membership document to receiving its configuration from the control plane.

After upgrading, you get access to the full Managed feature set: dashboard, SSO, access policies, tunnels, edges, and more.

WARNING

The upgrade is one-way. Once a machine moves to Managed mode, it cannot return to Direct mode without a reset (tunnet reset --yes).